2006 Spyker F1 car for sale

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Mar 22, 2009 | 09:09 PM

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kraeburn

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Would this be overkill for DE's?

haha

Mar 22, 2009 | 09:44 PM

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Craigger

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Originally Posted by Alex

Give me the Orange car wheeled by JV, not the Canadian.

Villeneuve is a really cool guy in real life.

Met him at a bar a few years ago.

Mar 22, 2009 | 09:50 PM

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IIVVX

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Originally Posted by Craigger

Villeneuve is a really cool guy in real life.

hope his music career works out for him.

Mar 22, 2009 | 10:08 PM

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Alex

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Originally Posted by Craigger

Villeneuve is a really cool guy in real life.

Met him at a bar a few years ago.

I believe you. I've heard many stories from locals over the 10 years we attended the GP.

Mar 22, 2009 | 10:24 PM

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Pablo Escobar

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Thats a steal!!!

Mar 23, 2009 | 12:48 AM

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Alzilla

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Originally Posted by BigE

It takes a team of very highly paid engineers just to make a modern F1 car start up and run. The operating costs per mile are ASTRONOMICAL!!!!!

I think that's the thing that people don't realize. A set of tires for an F1 car will easily set you back $100K iirc. A gearbox would cost close to $250K. An engine would be more still. Those are the big things, but if you look at little parts like suspension, exhausts, body panels, even just the tools to take things apart and put them back together will cost more than 90% of people make in a whole year.

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Originally Posted by BigE

Most people retrofit these types of cars with some type of Cosworth V-8 engine. They are still expensive to operate, but much easier and more reliable than a modern F1 motor. The 3.5 litre Cosworths (the DFV I believe) is good for 575 HP on race fuel. That is much more than just about anyone but a highly skilled race driver can handle.

I'd never thought about the DFVs in an F1 car before. There're a couple of websites out there that sell them and I always thought it'd be fun to buy one and try to build my own chassis around one just for fun.